| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Unemployment Rate | 6.8% |
| Month-Over-Month Change | −1.5% ▼ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | 2.3% ▲ |
| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Unemployment Rate | 7.6% |
| Month-Over-Month Change | −1.3% ▼ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | 3.9% ▲ |
| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Employment | 1,030,400 |
| Month-Over-Month Change | 41,700 ▲ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | −18,000 ▼ |
| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Employment | 1,111,200 |
| Month-Over-Month Change | 10,500 ▲ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | −49,800 ▼ |
| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Full-Time Employment | 1,887,700 |
| Month-Over-Month Change | 38,500 ▲ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | −117,400 ▼ |
| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Part-Time Employment | 556,600 |
| Month-Over-Month Change | 16,300 ▲ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | 11,100 ▲ |
| Public Sector | Private Sector | Self-employed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Jobs | 492,300 | 1,515,500 | 436,400 |
| Month-Over-Month Change | 24,300 ▲ | 36,100 ▲ | −5,600 ▼ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | 32,200 ▲ | −110,400 ▼ | −28,100 ▼ |
| Age | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 15 to 24 years | 7.4% ▲ | 6.3% ▲ |
| 25 to 54 years | 3.6% ▲ | 3.0% ▲ |
| 55 years and over | 2.5% ▲ | 0.0% |
| Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|
| Employment | -71,400 ▼ | -23,400 ▼ |
| Full-time employment | -67,800 ▼ | -38,900 ▼ |
| Part-time employment | -3,600 ▼ | 15,600 ▲ |
| 15 to 24 Years | 25 to 54 Years | 55 Years & Over | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Both Genders | Females | Males | Both Genders | Females | Males | Both Genders | Females | Males | |
| Total, all industries | 7.3% ▲ | 7.5% ▲ | 7.2% ▲ | 2.8% ▲ | 2.9% ▲ | 2.6% ▲ | 0.3% ▲ | -0.7% ▼ | 1.1% ▲ |
| Goods-producing sector | -3.7% ▼ | x | -4.0% ▼ | 0.6% ▲ | 1.2% ▲ | 0.6% ▲ | -2.0% ▼ | x | -1.2% ▼ |
| Agriculture | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Utilities | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Construction | 2.4% ▲ | x | 2.6% ▲ | 4.4% ▲ | x | 5.5% ▲ | -0.1% ▼ | x | 1.0% ▲ |
| Manufacturing | x | x | x | -1.9% ▼ | x | -5.2% ▼ | -1.5% ▼ | x | x |
| Services-producing sector | 5.0% ▲ | 4.3% ▲ | 6.3% ▲ | 3.7% ▲ | 3.1% ▲ | 4.4% ▲ | 1.0% ▲ | 0.4% ▲ | 1.6% ▲ |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 3.4% ▲ | 2.9% ▲ | 3.5% ▲ | 3.5% ▲ | 1.7% ▲ | 5.1% ▲ | -0.2% ▼ | -0.7% ▼ | x |
| Transportation and warehousing | x | x | x | 3.2% ▲ | x | 0.8% ▲ | -2.8% ▼ | x | x |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | x | x | x | 0.8% ▲ | x | x | x | x | x |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | x | x | x | 2.0% ▲ | -0.9% ▼ | x | x | x | x |
| Business, building and other support services | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Educational services | x | x | x | 2.4% ▲ | 0.9% ▲ | x | x | x | x |
| Health care and social assistance | x | x | x | 2.6% ▲ | 3.0% ▲ | x | x | x | x |
| Information, culture and recreation | x | x | x | 9.3% ▲ | x | x | 0.3% ▲ | x | x |
| Accommodation and food services | 6.5% ▲ | x | 5.7% ▲ | 8.1% ▲ | 12.1% ▲ | 2.9% ▲ | -4.4% ▼ | -13.1% ▼ | x |
| Other services (except public administration) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Public administration | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Statistics Canada Table 14-10-0022-01: Labour force characteristics by industry, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality | |||||||||
| 15 to 24 Years | 25 to 54 Years | 55 Years & Over | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Both Genders | Females | Males | Both Genders | Females | Males | Both Genders | Females | Males | |
| Total, all industries | -30,800 ▼ | -10,200 ▼ | -20,600 ▼ | -20,100 ▼ | -4,200 ▼ | -15,800 ▼ | -7,100 ▼ | 5,100 ▲ | -12,200 ▼ |
| Goods-producing sector | 9,700 ▲ | 4,900 ▲ | 4,900 ▲ | -12,200 ▼ | 10,800 ▲ | -23,000 ▼ | -1,400 ▼ | 3,700 ▲ | -5,100 ▼ |
| Agriculture | 5,200 ▲ | x | x | -3,200 ▼ | 400 ▲ | -3,600 ▼ | 7,100 ▲ | 3,100 ▲ | 4,000 ▲ |
| Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas | x | x | x | 200 ▲ | 3,100 ▲ | -3,000 ▼ | 1,500 ▲ | 100 ▲ | 1,400 ▲ |
| Utilities | x | x | x | 8,400 ▲ | 2,800 ▲ | 5,500 ▲ | x | x | x |
| Construction | 0 ▼ | -200 ▼ | 400 ▲ | -22,600 ▼ | 3,600 ▲ | -26,300 ▼ | -13,600 ▼ | -2,500 ▼ | -11,200 ▼ |
| Manufacturing | 5,400 ▲ | 2,800 ▲ | 2,500 ▲ | 5,100 ▲ | 800 ▲ | 4,300 ▲ | 5,800 ▲ | 3,500 ▲ | 2,300 ▲ |
| Services-producing sector | -40,600 ▼ | -15,100 ▼ | -25,500 ▼ | -7,800 ▼ | -15,000 ▼ | 7,200 ▲ | -5,800 ▼ | 1,500 ▲ | -7,300 ▼ |
| Wholesale and retail trade | -20,100 ▼ | -8,900 ▼ | -11,200 ▼ | -5,900 ▼ | -9,800 ▼ | 3,900 ▲ | -7,300 ▼ | 3,100 ▲ | -10,300 ▼ |
| Transportation and warehousing | -200 ▼ | x | 1,200 ▲ | -4,100 ▼ | -2,200 ▼ | -1,900 ▼ | -100 ▼ | -500 ▼ | 400 ▲ |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | -4,700 ▼ | -2,800 ▼ | -1,900 ▼ | 9,800 ▲ | 11,900 ▲ | -2,000 ▼ | -5,600 ▼ | -6,900 ▼ | 1,300 ▲ |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | -4,300 ▼ | x | -900 ▼ | 19,000 ▲ | 1,200 ▲ | 17,800 ▲ | -1,200 ▼ | 3,100 ▲ | -4,300 ▼ |
| Business, building and other support services | -1,800 ▼ | 1,000 ▲ | -2,800 ▼ | -5,600 ▼ | -11,200 ▼ | 5,700 ▲ | 6,500 ▲ | 3,500 ▲ | 3,000 ▲ |
| Educational services | -5,100 ▼ | -2,500 ▼ | -2,600 ▼ | -400 ▼ | -3,600 ▼ | 3,100 ▲ | -1,000 ▼ | 3,500 ▲ | -4,500 ▼ |
| Health care and social assistance | 7,400 ▲ | 6,300 ▲ | 1,100 ▲ | -1,300 ▼ | 9,800 ▲ | -11,000 ▼ | -4,100 ▼ | -7,500 ▼ | 3,500 ▲ |
| Information, culture and recreation | -400 ▼ | 3,600 ▲ | -4,000 ▼ | -6,400 ▼ | 1,000 ▲ | -7,400 ▼ | 2,900 ▲ | -100 ▼ | 2,900 ▲ |
| Accommodation and food services | -14,300 ▼ | -11,100 ▼ | -3,100 ▼ | 1,200 ▲ | -5,800 ▼ | 7,000 ▲ | 2,500 ▲ | 6,900 ▲ | -4,500 ▼ |
| Other services (except public administration) | -1,000 ▼ | 2,400 ▲ | -3,400 ▼ | -17,300 ▼ | -8,400 ▼ | -8,900 ▼ | 3,600 ▲ | 1,000 ▲ | 2,600 ▲ |
| Public administration | x | x | x | 3,100 ▲ | 2,200 ▲ | 900 ▲ | -2,000 ▼ | -4,700 ▼ | 2,900 ▲ |
| Statistics Canada Table 14-10-0022-01: Labour force characteristics by industry, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality | |||||||||
Data are sourced from the Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey (LFS), a monthly survey which measures the current state of the Canadian labour market.
Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey Tables:
B.C. Data Catalogue:
All data are released under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
This report is built with the flexdashboard R package, sourcing the Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey data using the cansim R package, the Canadian provincial and territorial boundaries geospatial data using the cancensus R package and the British Columbia economic region boundaries geospatial data using the bcdata R package.
The R code is available in bcgov GitHub, made available under the Apache 2.0 licence.